The theosophical enlightenment /
An enticing intellectual history of various esoteric currents from the early Romantic period to the early twentieth century. The author maintains that the Theosophical Society held a crucial position as the place where all those currents temporarily united, before diverging again.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1994.
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| Schriftenreihe: | SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
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| Online-Zugang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18255116 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. The Worship of the Generative Powers
- 2. The Cult of the Sun
- 3. The Blasphemers
- 4. The Shoemaker and the Squire
- 5. Magicians and Revolutionaries
- 6. Neophytes and Initiates
- 7. Artists and Astrologers
- 8. Animal Magnetism
- 9. Visions in the Crystal
- 10. Hydesville and After
- 11. From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn
- 12. The Way to Christ
- 13. Rosicrucian Pretenders
- 14. Enter Madame Blavatsky
- 15. Wisdom from the East
- 16. The Hermetic Reaction
- 17. The Parting of East and West
- Appendix A: Letter from Rammohun Roy to Robert Dale Owen
- Appendix B: Letter from Hargrave Jennings to Bulwer-Lytton.